- DUI, reckless homicide charges filed in East Garfield Park hit and run (Sun-Times)
- West Chicago introduces senior bus program, Ride DuPage (Daily Herald)
- Woman struck by CTA train at Roosevelt Red Line station (CBS 2)
- Park Ridge considers overturning ban on electronic signage for transit use (Tribune)
- Section of State Street shut down yesterday due to falling glass from high- rise (CBS 2)
- Chicago Tonight profiles train hopper and photographer Dale Wickum (WTTW)
- Suburban Clarendon Hills gets another $1 million for new Metra station (Tribune)
- Man making cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness for gun violence (NBC 5)
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Joey Center, one of two bike riders that drivers injured in or near Skokie Wednesday, is currently in a coma
According to a coworker, Center was leaving the parking lot of a Jewel where he worked, when a driver leaving the adjacent Old Navy lot struck him.
This month drivers on north-suburban IDOT roads seriously injured or killed three different people biking
Wide, multilane streets that encourage drivers to speed, plus wide turning radii and slip lanes that enable motorists to whip around corners , may have contributed to these crashes.